Dr. Loy states in his chapter about fame, The Great Seduction, that "television, like politics, thrives not on stories or ideas, but on personalities," but is that really true? Yes, as a society, we obsess about celebrities themselves, but the media doesn't really talk about the celebrity himself or herself. It takes a scandal or a story about a celebrity to allow the media to "thrive". No one really cares about Lindsay Lohan until she starts doing drugs and missing court dates. I also do not agree with Loy's statement that television does not thrive on ideas. In politics, particularly during election times, people focus on politicians' beliefs and their ideas about affecting the government. It isn't necessarily the personality people are voting for, but the ideas. So can Dr. Loy say that the media survives off of personalities? I don't think so. I think as a society, we only really care about scandals and stories to entertain us, not the people in general.
-Kate Chambers
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